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Title: Sanctuary: A Tale of Life in the Woods by Paul Monette, Vivienne Flesher ISBN: 0-684-83286-0 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: February, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: teaching compassion to children
Comment: the most important aspect of a tale is its moral lesson: the point here is acceptance. as a gay author monette was interested in helping people in general to understand and accept those of alternative gender/sexuality/health status. he was excrutiatingly honest and allowed the world to know him deeply in his autobiographical texts. in this "lighter" work he brings his lessons of love to the young in the hopes that they might grow up to know compassion and empathy. the lessons are subtle but powerful, and the metaphors and analogies are intelligent: monette does not patronize. i would say the story is appropriate for children and adults, and that its inentions are courageous and focused.
Rating: 3
Summary: The writing is interesting but the plot ...
Comment: Sanctuary is a political/social/sexual fable that almost succeeds. However, the author doesn't quite have the fable form down - the setting of the scene is too large a portion of the tale and the resolution inserts a new character into the table - a character that is out of place in the otherwise pastoral (more accurately arboreal) setting.
Why do I still give it a 3 stars? Because the text is well written and the kernel of the plot is interesting.
Rating: 4
Summary: Illustrations bring Sanctuary to Life
Comment: Sanctuary: A Tale of Life in the Woods, is a touching fable about a rabbit and a fox who fall in love at the wrong time. Not only does the woodland creatures think a fox and rabbit should not love each other, they also are repulsed by the fact the two animals are both female.
The sory itself was created from scraps of the author's works, since he died before it's completion. The selling point to this book lies in the gorgeous illustrations. I personally would like to have the cover blown up and framed to hang in my living room. The second selling point of this books is that it teaches children about matters of love that most of the population of North America have deemed as taboo. Overall this is a very decent and useful book in teaching children.
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Title: Becoming a Man : Half a Life Story by Paul Monette ISBN: 0062507249 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: June, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Last Watch of the Night: Essays Too Personal and Otherwise by Paul Monette ISBN: 0156002027 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir by Paul Monette ISBN: 0156005816 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll (Stonewall Inn Editions) by Paul Monette ISBN: 0312015151 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: February, 1988 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title:Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End ASIN: 6305269408 Publisher: First Run Features Pub. Date: 11 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $20.95 |
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